LEADS 2023 Report

Context (TH): The Logistics Ease Across Different States (LEADS) 2023 report was released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

LEADS is an indigenous data-driven index to assess logistics infrastructure, services, and human resources across all States and UTs.
The 1^st report was launched in 2018 and is published annually (except in 2020 due to COVID).
It is conceived on the lines of the Logistics Performance Index of WB.
While the LPI relies entirely on perception-based surveys, LEADS incorporates both perception as well as objectivity thereby enhancing the robustness and comprehensiveness of this exercise.
Objective: It ranks States and UTs on the efficiency of their logistics ecosystem, highlights the key logistics-related challenges faced by the stakeholders and includes suggestive recommendations.
Methodology: The survey processes the data received from stakeholders (perception data) and States/ UTs (objective data) and ranks the logistics ecosystem of each State/ UT using a statistical model.

It signaled a positive shift in States’ performance across the key pillars – Logistics Infrastructure, Logistics Services and Operating and Regulatory Environment,
It empowers the State/UT Governments by providing region-specific insights for informed decision-making and comprehensive growth.
The report assesses states under 4 categories:
1. Coastal states,
2. Landlocked states,
3. North-eastern states,
4. Union Territories.
Performance Categories:
1. Achievers (States/UTs achieving 90% or more percentage): Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat, TN, Haryana, Punjab, UP, Sikkim, Tripura, Delhi, Chandigarh.
2. Fast Movers (States/UTs achieving percentage scores between 80% to 90%): Kerala, Maharashtra, MP, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, A&N, Puducherry, Lakshadweep.
3. Aspirers (States/UTs achieving percentage scores below 80%): Goa, WB, Odisha, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, HP, Jharkhand, Mizoram, Manipur, Meghalaya, Ladakh, J&K, and Daman & Diu and Dadar & Nagar Haveli.